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==Music files==
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{{Editor|David Fraser|2002-11-08}}'''Score information:''' A4, 5 pages, 84 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{Copy|Personal}}
:{{EdNotes|Revised Feb 09.}}
:'''Edition notes:''' Revised May 2006 (complete re-edit from original printed source). Verses 2 & 3 underlaid by the editor


==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''O Dear Life''<br>
{{Title|''O Dear Life''}}
{{Composer|William Byrd}}
{{Composer|William Byrd}}


'''Number of voices:''' 5vv&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Voicing:''' ATTBarB<br>
{{Voicing|5|ATTBB}}
'''Genre:''' {{pcat|Secular| music}}, [[:Category:Madrigals|Madrigals]] <br>
{{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
'''Instruments:''' {{acap}}<br>
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
'''Published:''' Songs of Sundrie Natures (1589), no.33<br>
{{Pub|1|1589|in ''{{NoCo|Songs of sundrie natures}}''|no=33}}
 
{{Descr|A setting of a poem by Sir Philip Sidney (1554-86): the first three stanzas of the Tenth Song from ''Astrophel and Stella''. The piece clearly originates as a consort song for high voice and four viols, though no source of this version is now known.<br>}}
'''Description:''' A setting of a poem by Sir Philip Sidney (1554-86): the first three stanzas of the Tenth Song from ''Astrophel and Stella''. The piece clearly originates as a consort song for high voice and four viols, though no source of this version is now known.<br>
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'''External websites:'''
 
==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|English|
O dear life, when may it be,
that mine eyes thine eyes may see,
And in them my mind discover,
Whether absence hath had force,
Thy remembrance to divorce,
From the Image of thy lover.


{{Text|English}}
O, if I my self find not,
 
though my parting aught forgot
O Dear life, when may it be,<br>
Nor debarred from beauty’s treasure
that mine eyes thine eyes may see,<br>
Let no tongue aspire to tell
And in them my mind discover,<br>
In what high Joys I shall dwell,
Whether absence hath had force,<br>
Thy remembrance to divorce,<br>
From the Image of thy lover.<br>
 
O, if I my self find not,<br>
though my parting aught forgot<br>
Nor debarred from beauty’s treasure<br>
Let no tongue aspire to tell<br>
In what high Joys I shall dwell,<br>
Only thought aims at the pleasure.
Only thought aims at the pleasure.


Thought therefore I will send thee<br>
Thought therefore I will send thee
To take up the place for me,<br>
To take up the place for me,
Long I will not after tarry,<br>
Long I will not after tarry,
There unseen thou mayst be bold<br>
There unseen thou mayst be bold
These fair wonders to behold,<br>
These fair wonders to behold,
Which in them my hopes do carry.<br>
Which in them my hopes do carry.}}
 


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  • (Posted 2002-11-08)  CPDL #04170:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-11-08).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 86 kB    Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised Feb 09.

General Information

Title: O Dear Life
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: ATTBB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1589 in Songs of sundrie natures, no. 33
Description: A setting of a poem by Sir Philip Sidney (1554-86): the first three stanzas of the Tenth Song from Astrophel and Stella. The piece clearly originates as a consort song for high voice and four viols, though no source of this version is now known.

External websites:

Original text and translations

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O dear life, when may it be,
that mine eyes thine eyes may see,
And in them my mind discover,
Whether absence hath had force,
Thy remembrance to divorce,
From the Image of thy lover.

O, if I my self find not,
though my parting aught forgot
Nor debarred from beauty’s treasure
Let no tongue aspire to tell
In what high Joys I shall dwell,
Only thought aims at the pleasure.

Thought therefore I will send thee
To take up the place for me,
Long I will not after tarry,
There unseen thou mayst be bold
These fair wonders to behold,
Which in them my hopes do carry.

 

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